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NEUROSCIENCE REVIEW. USE YOUR BRAIN!!!. What bushy, branchlike part of a neuron receives the message from the sending neuron? Dendrite. What is the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse? threshold. What neurotransmitter is our body’s natural pain killers? Endorphins.
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NEUROSCIENCE REVIEW USE YOUR BRAIN!!!
What bushy, branchlike part of a neuron receives the message from the sending neuron? • Dendrite
What is the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse? • threshold
What neurotransmitter is our body’s natural pain killers? • Endorphins
What neurotransmitter is involved in mood, appetite, and arousal, and low levels of this have been linked to depression? • serotonin
What part of the peripheral nervous system controls your involuntary actions, such as controlling your organs, glands…? • Autonomic Nervous System
What part of your nervous system prepares your for the fight or flight response? • Sympathetic Nervous System • Parasympathetic calms you down
David cannot seem to control his anger and rage toward his parents and they are afraid he will get violent. What part of his brain might they have checked? • Amygdala
Teresa cannot lose weight no matter how much she diets and exercises. What should she get checked? • Thyroid Gland
Marc received a head injury during a football game when his helmet flew off. Ever since the game he has been unable to speak certain words. What area of his brain was likely damaged? • Broca’s area
What part of the brain controls your eating, drinking, temperature, desire for sex? • Hypothalamus
Rick has been having problems with his vision ever since his girlfriend attacked him. What lobe was likely damaged? • Occipital Lobe
Michelle was knocked unconscious while playing roller derby (whip it!). Ever since the game she has bee unable to form new memories. What part of her brain was likely affected? • Hippocampus
Paul is having difficulty solving problems at his new job. Damage in what part of the brain might be responsible for this? • Prefrontal cortex
Patrick loves to dance and just enrolled in a ballroom dance class with his wife. What part of his brain will help him remember the steps? • Basil Ganglia
What part of the brain is responsible for directing all of our sensory information to the appropriate part of our brain? • Thalamus
Cesar was involved in a motorcycle accident and ever since he has had problems understanding words that he reads in the textbooks at school. What area of his brain was most likely affected by the accident? • Angular Gyrus • Wernicke’s Area deals with understanding words you hear
This part of your brain consists of neural fibers that send messages back and forth to both hemispheres. • Corpus Collosum
Ms. Williams never wants damage to this part of the brain that controls your breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure. • Medulla Oblongata
Imbalances of what neurotransmitter has been linked to Schizophrenia & Parkinson’s Disease? • Dopamine